Example sentences of "[verb] never [adv] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | Daly achieved instant super-stardom when , as ninth reserve and without a caddie , he got into the 1991 US PGA Championship at the last minute , and played like a God for four days on a course he 'd never previously seen to win it . |
| 2 | He 'd never even seen the wedding-dress the boy had mentioned . |
| 3 | When we were north of the border recently for the Scottish Music Show , before I 'd had time to look round myself , people were rushing over to describe a monster the like of which they 'd never before seen . |
| 4 | She 'd never before seen a carpet so thick that it showed vacuuming lines , like a lawn . |
| 5 | The rest of the room seemed to disappear in a blur as she looked into his face , seeing him as if she 'd never really seen him before . |
| 6 | Before writing this I 'd never actually seen it before , but after playing it I realise I did n't miss anything . |
| 7 | ‘ We do n't say it 's impossible for anybody to add new motivated abilities in later life , ’ he says , ‘ but in all our research we 've never yet seen a completely new direction emerge . ’ |
| 8 | Again , this is a rule that can be broken , but I 've never yet seen a design with more than two needles tucking side by side . |
| 9 | Well , I 've never even seen a dead body before — imagine , what with the bones , the shroud and the flies ; if I had n't had the camera between me and it , I do n't think I could have looked . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've never even seen a creature like that in my life ! ’ |
| 11 | I 've never even seen this man Pratesi . ’ |
| 12 | Commenting on the influence of his parents on his footballing career , Carlos Francis , brought up in the East End before moving north to Birmingham City FC , said : ‘ They 've never even seen me play . |
| 13 | You 've never even seen him . |
| 14 | Ricci , that 's bleeding horses — I 've never even seen a horse , dear , except with a policeman underneath or on My Friend Flicka , and I do n't care WHAT they wear at the wretched Olympics . ’ |
| 15 | But by the time we got there , and there was and there was people there I 've never even seen before in my life ! |
| 16 | Oh I 've never even seen anything of her Jane |
| 17 | what they are doing you see , an authorized dealer , well even a non-authorized dealer get hold of a piece of kit and then somebody say want this system , right okay , and they just have a big load of forms for maintenance agreements and all they do the dealer 'll go along and put this kit in , B T 'll come along and say yeah that conforms to regulations , sign here , the customer er sign here , the dealer send the maintenance agreement to us , we signed it , send it back , we 've never even seen it , then we turn up and find that the main control unit 's high up in the attic or in a damp cellar , in a cupboard where you ca n't see it , there 's no light and stuff like that and we 're taking jobs on like that and it you know , it 's just impossible to work on them |
| 18 | ‘ I 've never before seen a rabbit with either a pocket , or a watch to take out of it , ’ she thought . |
| 19 | I 've never before seen cadaveric spasm in a case of homicidal manual throttling , and it 's interesting . |
| 20 | I 've been to the open-air theatre on the island every year since it opened , and I always tell people that you 've never really seen Shakespeare until you 've seen it on Brownsea . |
| 21 | While I confess that when it comes to Ovation roundback instruments I 've never really seen what the fuss was about , I 've always had a sneaking admiration for anyone who uses them . |
| 22 | Well , thank you very much er , Geoffrey , erm that was a very full , and I think er , and as he says , cautious account of what 's been happening , and he does remind me of all the finance officers that I 've ever known , in this thing , I 've never really seen , or rarely seen them smile . |
| 23 | I 've never never seen or witnessed that . |
| 24 | ‘ I have been around certain bands and been in bands and I 've never actually seen a groupie . |
| 25 | Well I do n't know cos I 've never actually seen any police in these flats . |
| 26 | I 've never actually seen a horse until yesterday . ’ |
| 27 | I 've never actually seen one . |
| 28 | and I 've never actually seen it . |
| 29 | I 've seen the odd snip of it like on telly , but I 've never actually seen a programme . |
| 30 | After all , they were going to live in a village they had never even seen , and during the next hour or so they would discover what manner of place their new home was . |